Abramovsky named next University of Idaho law school dean

Aviva Abramovsky has been named the new dean of the University of Idaho College of Law, the university announced Friday.

Abramovsky will take over for Johanna Kalb, who has served as dean since 2021. She will officially take over the role full-time June 10.

Abramovsky previously served as dean of the University of Buffalo School of Law from 2017-23.

She also spent 13 years teaching at the Syracuse University College of Law.

During her time at Buffalo, the university launched the second undergraduate law program in the country.

A graduate of Cornell University, she received her bachelor’s degree in industrial and labor relations before earning her juris doctor from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is a member of the American Law Institute and was the winner of the New York State Bar Association Professor David D. Siegel Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the study of New York law.